In this defining interview, Andy Zax, producer of a massive new Woodstock box set, shares previously unheard recordings from the festival and the remarkable stories behind them.(Image credit: Henry Diltz) via Woodstock At 50: The Unheard Recordings — News : NPR
Travels in Spain, The Don Quixote Collection — Have Bag, Will Travel
“Don Quixote is the national glory of Spain. No one who does not know that has the right to call himself a Spaniard. There is a monument to him in Madrid…he was our first revolutionary.” – Gerald Brenan, ‘South from Granada’ Click on an image to scroll through the Gallery of pictures that I have […] …
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The Gaelic Harp — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
No musical instrument has ever had to carry so much baggage, surely, as the Irish harp. It has been the symbol both of Ireland under English rule and of the Irish Free State. Unadorned, on a green background, it was a rebel flag in 1916. While its earliest origins are lost, the Irish harp has… via …
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“It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder” — The Orkney News
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3xtYEfc8z-g?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Scotland’s links with Canada stretch back for centuries via “It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder” — The Orkney News
Galloping across the steppes — TwilightBeasts
Around 50 million years ago, long before the Epoch of the Twilight Beasts, a little mammal, Eohippus, scurried about in the forests of North America. This creature, about the size of an average dog, was the ancestor of the magnificent horse we know today. During this Period, called the Eocene, the environment and climate was […] …
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Fewer Students Are Majoring in History, But We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Why — TIME
From debates over Confederate monuments to battles over America’s leadership in the world, understanding today’s contemporary challenges requires historical knowledge and historical perspective. Yet a new report by Benjamin Schmidt and the American Historical Association has revealed that a much smaller percentage of American college students are majoring in history than did in the past.… via …
Mons Meg, Scotland’s World-Famous Medieval Gun — Uncover Travel
The now world-famous medieval gun was the ultimate weapon of mass destruction in her day. Mons Meg weighed six toned via Mons Meg, Scotland’s World-Famous Medieval Gun — Uncover Travel
York City Walls – England’s Longest Medieval Town Walls — Uncover Travel
At just over three kilometres (two miles) long, York’s beautifully-preserved walls are the longest medieval town walls in England. via York City Walls – England’s Longest Medieval Town Walls — Uncover Travel
BBC News: The first people who populated the Americas
The first people who populated the Americas - http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170328-the-first-people-who-populated-the-americas
These Canadians flew in a secret WWII mission to destroy German dams – thestar.com
by Ted Barris - Excerpt from Dam Busters - via msn.com On May 16, 1943, an unprecedented operation was launched by Squadron 617 of the Royal Air Force. The mission was to destroy three German dams in the Ruhr Valley with a new kind of bomb, dropped from a low-flying Lancaster, to cause flooding and …
The Northern Herper 